zindagi kaT gai manaate hue — Farhat Shahzad

saut kyaa shai hai khaamushi kyaa hai
gham kise kahte hain khushi kyaa hai

itni pi jaae ki miT jaae main aur tu ki tamiz
yaani ye hosh ki divaar giraa di jaae

ham se tanhaai ke maare nahin dekhe jaate
bin tire chaand sitaare nahin dekhe jaate

aziiz mujh ko hain tufaan saahilon se sivaa
isi liye hai khafaa meraa naakhudaa mujh se

ye zamin khvaab hai aasmaan khvaab hai
ik makaan hi nahin laa-makaan khvaab hai

baat apni anaa ki hai varna
yuun to do haath par kinaaraa hai

kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log

bas ek pal ki tamannaa-e-vasl ki khaatir
tamaam 'umr lagaa di gai sanvarne mein

balaa-e-jaan thi jo bazm-e-tamaashaa chhoD di main ne
khushaa ai zindagi khvaabon ki duniyaa chhoD di main ne

idhar to tuul diyaa hai umiid ko us ne
udhar hayaat ataa ki hai mukhtasar mujh ko

zindagi tu bhi hamein vaise hi ik roz guzaar
jis tarah ham tujhe barson se guzaare hue hain

meri saari zindagi ko be-samar us ne kiyaa
umr meri thi magar us ko basar us ne kiyaa